Ministry of Finance (Iceland)

[1] The top civil servant in the Ministry of Finance is Baldur Gudlaugsson, who was appointed Permanent Secretary from 1 November 2000.

The Economic Department is also responsible for providing the revenue forecast for the fiscal budget and performing research into tax and benefit systems.

This department also ensures the proposed budget is carried out as per legal requirements and that the executive branch is run efficiently.

The main role of the Personnel Policy Department is to represent the Ministry in labor market matters and to present its views.

The main task of the department is to deal with tax matters, to draft bills for the Althingi and interpret existing laws.